Every time I plant a tiny, dead seed into some dirt I think, “Gee, I hope this works.” And every time new life sprouts from that dead seed I am completely in awe. It is amazing! Watching life sprout from death is a miracle I never tire of witnessing – every time, I think, “He did it again!” It’s beautiful and so incredibly glorifying to our Creator! While I plant and water the seed then set it in the sunshine, I can not force the seed to sprout. As a matter of fact, sometimes they don’t… it is out of my control. It is an act of faith to plant the seed, and it is truly a miracle any time new life sprouts.

Ephesians 2:1-6 (msg) It wasn’t so long ago that you were mired in that old stagnant life of sin. You let the world, which doesn’t know the first thing about living, tell you how to live. You filled your lungs with polluted unbelief, and then exhaled disobedience. We all did it, all of us doing what we felt like doing, when we felt like doing it, all of us in the same boat. It’s a wonder God didn’t lose his temper and do away with the whole lot of us. Instead, immense in mercy and with an incredible love, he embraced us. He took our sin-dead lives and made us alive in Christ. He did all this on his own, with no help from us! Then he picked us up and set us down in highest heaven in company with Jesus, our Messiah.

And He does it again and again and again and again… 

Happy Easter!